Artist: 
Anne-Sophie Mutter

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

CD
€18,99

Release date: 4 October 1999

Article Number: 514806000

One of Anne-Sophie Mutter's most exhilarating recordings, this album marked a fresh approach to Vivaldi's Four Seasons on her part, involving a chamber-sized ensemble, the Trondheim Soloists. Together, they take full account of the work's great variety of pace and colour.
Anne-Sophie Mutter's playing is - as usual - unrivalled. The opening moment of the ‘Spring’ sounds delightful, the ‘Summer’ storm sensational, while in the second movements of the ‘Winter’ the cold, banished by crackling fire, is clearly perceptible. The immaculate tones sound brilliant as usual, and the Trondheim Soloists provide a fine, sometimes barely perceptible accompaniment. The CD is complemented by Tartini's Sonata in G minor, better known as the ‘Devil's Trill Sonata’, a marvellous piece of Baroque violin virtuosity.
 
Tracklisting:
 
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 "La 
Primavera"
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Largo
3. III. Allegro
 
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315 
"L'estate"
4. I. Allegro non molto – Allegro
5. II. Adagio - Presto – Adagio
6. III. Presto
 
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293 
"L'autunno"
7. I. Allegro
8. II. Adagio molto
9. III. Allegro
 
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 
"L'inverno"
10.I. Allegro non molto
11.II. Largo
12.III. Allegro
 
Tartini: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Minor, B. g5 - "Il trillo del 
diavolo"
13.I. Larghetto affettuoso
14.II. Allegro
15.III. Andante – Allegro
16.IV. Allegro assai